LEADER 03433oam 2200697I 450 001 9910970731503321 005 20251117102911.0 010 $a9786612454387 010 $a9781317099789 010 $a1317099788 010 $a9781315594187 010 $a1315594188 010 $a9781282454385 010 $a1282454382 010 $a9780754699897 010 $a0754699897 010 $a9781317099796 010 $a1317099796 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315594187 035 $a(CKB)3810000000076437 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4523508 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11506461 035 $a(OCoLC)1022780217 035 $a(OCoLC)953046818 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139537 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4523508 035 $a(BIP)116719892 035 $a(EXLCZ)993810000000076437 100 $a20180706e20162010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMasculinity in four Victorian epics $ea Darwinist reading /$fClinton Machann 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (166 pages) 300 $a"First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a9781032929187 311 08$a1032929189 311 08$a9780754666875 311 08$a0754666875 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Tennyson's Arthur and manly codes of behavior -- 3. Barrett Browning's construction of masculinity in Aurora Leigh -- 4. Clough's ambivalent Victorian manhood -- 5. Browning's chivalrous Christianity -- 6. Conclusion. 330 $aOffering provocative readings of Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh, Clough's Amours de Voyage, and Browning's The Ring and the Book, Clinton Machann brings to bear the ideas and methods of literary Darwinism to shed light on the central issue of masculinity in the Victorian epic. This critical approach enables Machann to take advantage of important research in evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, among other scientific fields, and to bring the concept of human nature into his discussions of the poems. The importance of the Victorian long poem as a literary genre is reviewed in the introduction, followed by transformative close readings of the poems that engage with questions of gender, particularly representations of masculinity and the prevalence of male violence. Machann contextualizes his reading within the poets' views on social, philosophical, and religious issues, arguing that the impulses, drives, and tendencies of human nature, as well as the historical and cultural context, influenced the writing and thus must inform the interpretation of the Victorian epic. 606 $aEnglish poetry$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMasculinity in literature 606 $aNarrative poetry, English$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMasculinity in literature. 615 0$aNarrative poetry, English$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a821/.809353 700 $aMachann$b Clinton.$01801815 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970731503321 996 $aMasculinity in four Victorian epics$94347210 997 $aUNINA